Hugh Cowan

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Hugh F. Cowan
Born Hugh F. Cowan
(1867-05-20)May 20, 1867
Bentinck, Ontario, Canada
Died April 19, 1943(1943-04-19) (aged 75)
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Education
Occupation Church Minister, Author, Editor, Historian
Spouse(s) Jean Eloise Wood (1899 – 1943)
Children
  • James Alexander Cowan
  • Marjorie Jean Cowan Jolliffe
  • John Kenneth Cowan
  • Hugh Raymond Cowan
  • Mary Elizabeth Cowan
  • Grace Edith Cowan Fitzpatrick
  • Stuart McLean Cowan
  • Donald Murray Cowan
  • Alan Wood Cowan
Parents John Cowan
Mary McLean
Relatives Lois Ann Fairley (Granddaughter)

Rev. Hugh F. Cowan (May 20, 1867 – April 19, 1943) was a Presbyterian Church of Canada and later United Church of Canada minister, author, editor and historian.

Background

Hugh F. Cowan was born on May 20, 1867 in Bentinck, Ontario, Canada to John Cowan and Mary McLean both of whom were born in Scotland.

In 1893, he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in Manitoba College. He pursued his Master of Arts at Knox College, Toronto in 1896. He later pursued his Bachelor of Divinity degree at Kingston, Ontario's Queen's Theological College and graduated in 1905.[1]

During Cowan's first ministry at Rutherford Presbyterian Church in Dawn-Euphemia, he met Jean Eloise Wood. They were married on October 31, 1899 in London, Ontario.[2][3]

Hugh Cowan and Jean Eloise Wood had three daughters and six sons.

Career

Church ministry

Cowan was ordained by the Chatham Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in August 17, 1897.[1]

Cowan served as a pastor in Oakdale United Church (formerly known as Oakdale Presbyterian Church), and Rutherford Presbyterian Church in Lambton County from 1897 to 1900, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in North Easthope and Shakespeare Presbyterian Church in Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario from 1900 to 1905,[4][5] a minister in charge of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Harwhich Township, Kent County, Ontario, Bethel Presbyterian Church, and The Ridge Presbyterian Church from 1905 to 1913, in Haynes Ave. Church in St. Catharines from 1914 to 1916, Chalmer's Presbyterian Church in Toronto from 1919 to 1921, and in High Park Presbyterian Church in 1922.[1][2]

From 1925 to 1937, in various congregations of the United Church of Canada, he served as a minister at Bethel United Church near Chatham, Ontario, as a pastor at MacLennan, Desbarats and Port Rock near Sault Ste. Marie, and Sault Suburban Church area charge in Sault Ste. Marie.[1][2]

Cowan retired in 1937.

Other

Cowan has authored numerous books during his time. One was Canadian Achievement in the Province of Ontario, where he wrote about the achievements of the Canadian people in Detroit River District, Essex county, Windsor, and the whole province of Ontario.[6][7] The book was recently republished on April 9, 2012 as Ontario and the Detroit Frontier 1701-1814.[8][9] He also wrote a fictional book entitled La Cloche. The Story of Hector MacLeod and His Misadventures in the Georgian Bay and the La Cloche Districts is an adventure tale of United Loyal Emperialist set in Georgian Bay, Ontario and in the former province of Upper Canada.[10][11]

Cowan also published a book centering on the progress of Christianity. It was called The Great Drama of Human Life.[12]

Cowan was also a historian. One of his numerous history books were Gold and Silver Jubilee, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, incorporated a town, 1887, a city, 1912 detailing more on the history of Sault Ste. Marie, which includes illustration of its port and map of the city; and Mer Douce which is one of the important historical reference in the region.[13][14][15]

Cowan also served as the managing editor of Algonquin Historical Society of Canada.[16]

Death

Cowan died at the General and Marine Hospital in Owen Sound, Ontario on April 19, 1943 at the age of 73.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rev. Hugh Cowan". Strategic Seminars. Retrieved November 9, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rev. Hugh Cowan and Jean Eloise Wood". Cowan History. Retrieved November 9, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Manitoulin Roots". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Johnston, William. "History of the County of Perth : from 1825 to 1902". Stratford : Printed by W.M. O'Beirne. Internet Archive. Retrieved November 14, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Johnston, William (1903). History of the County of Perth : from 1825 to 1902. Stratford : Printed by W.M. O'Beirne. 
  6. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1929). Canadian Achievement in the Province of Ontario. 
  7. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1929). Canadian Achievement in the Province of Ontario. Algonguin Historical Society of Canada. pp. 319 pages. 
  8. ↑ "Ontario and the Detroit Frontier 1701-1814". Amazon. April 9, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (2012). Ontario and the Detroit Frontier 1701-1814. Upper Canada Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0983082743. 
  10. ↑ Cowan, Hugh. "La Cloche. The Story of Hector MacLeod and His Misadventures in the Georgian Bay and the La Cloche Districts". Auspices of the Algonquin Historical Society of Canada. Biblio. Retrieved November 14, 2012. 
  11. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1928). La Cloche. The Story of Hector MacLeod and His Misadventures in the Georgian Bay and the La Cloche Districts. Toronto: Auspices of the Algonquin Historical Society of Canada. 
  12. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1937). The Great Drama of Human Life. 
  13. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1937). "Gold and silver jubilee, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, incorporated a town, 1887, a city, 1912; year book, 1937.". S.l. WorldCat. p. 32. Retrieved November 14, 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Mer Douce". The Algonquin Historical Society Magazine. Amazon. Retrieved November 15, 2012. 
  15. ↑ Cowan, Hugh (1921). Mer Douce. Toronto: The Algonquin Historical Society. 
  16. ↑ "General Manuscripts – By Location". University of Toronto. Retrieved November 14, 2012. 
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